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Port Security, Coastal Patrol, & Maritime Defence – July 2004 The Honorable Colin Kenny, Chair The Netherlands' Approach to Maritime Security Coastline Length: 1,913.8 km Dimensions of Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ): 200 nautical miles / 50,309 km2 Organizations Responsible for Maritime Security: 1) The Royal Netherlands Navy [ KM – Koninklijke Marine ] , which assumes operational command of the Coast Guard [Nederlandse Kustwacht] 2) The Immigration and Naturalization Service [ IND – Immigratie- En Natural- isatiendienst], whose tasks include the development of border control policy. 3) The Koninklijke Marechaussee [KMar] a police service with military status (KMar is the key policing agency in all ports except Rotterdam). 4) The Rotterdam-Rijnmond Seaport Police [ de Zeehavenpolitie Rotterdam- Rijnmond ], charged with port and border security at the world's largest port. Kustwacht: the Navy and the Coast Guard 
The KM (Royal Netherlands Navy) has operational command of the Kustwacht in the home waters of The
Netherlands and
for the Dutch possessions in the Caribbean, Aruba and the Netherlands Antilles. Kustwacht is a
collaborative organization of the Ministries of the Interior, Defence, Justice, Transport and
Public Works and Water Manage- ment, Finance and Agriculture, Nature Management and Fisheries.
The operational centre is based at the Coastguard Centre, Ijmuiden, which plans and
co-ordinates the tasking of all operational units involved in coast guard activities. There are thirteen main
Kustwacht duties that can be separated under the following two headings:
The Kustwacht Director makes interdepartmental operational agreements. Under these agreements, those
departments make available to the Director material, financial resources and personnel. Also, two
policy plans are developed annually. One for the provision of services, drafted by the Ministry of
Transport and Public Works and one is for law enforcement tasks drafted by the North Sea Law Enforcement
contact group. These plans are used to make clear expected yearly policy results.
The Kustwacht Director combines the resources from the operational agreements, with the needs as set
out in the annual policy plans. The plans are then united into an integrated operational plan, thus combining
expectations and resources as efficiently as possible.The Coastguard Centre for the Caribbean is on the island of Curaçao. Its tasks include general police duties, border control, customs, environmental and fisheries supervision, assistance and disaster relief. IND – Immigration and Naturalization Service The IND, in consultation with the Department of Justice, develops border control policy. Rotterdam-Rijnmond Seaport Police and KMar (below) are accountable to the Immigration and Naturalization Service for its implementation. KMar – the Koninklijke Marechaussee ('Royal Marshalls') Paramilitary Police 
KMar is one of the four services of the Netherlands armed forces. It is essentially a police organization with
military status. KMar is responsible for border control in the Netherlands on all airports and in all seaports,
except the Port of Rotterdam (see below). KMar's coastal security tasks include turning away undesirable
aliens and detaining suspects, enforcing judgements, providing emergency travel documents, and the deporting of
aliens to foreign authorities.
De Zeehavenpolitie R-R – the Seaport Police for Rotterdam-Rijnmond
Rotterdam is the largest port in the world. The Zeehavenpolitie are responsible for this
port city. They have a fleet of 13 vessels of different sizes, speeds, drafts and seaworthiness.
Its forty vehicles are used to patrol wharves and terminals. [1] The vessel shown demonstrating its beaching ability is the largest of KMar's patrol boats. The RV 180 (RV = Rijksvaartuig or State Vessel) is a 34.4m aluminum boat built by Balk but designed by Damen (as the Stan Patrol 3407). The RV 180 is closely related to Damen's Stan Patrol 4207 ordered for the Canadian Coast Guard. |
Core tasks include environmental enforcement, border security, shipping safety, port safety and security, and
combating organized crime. Zeehavenpolitie are also responsible for border control and security
including checking all crewmembers of ships calling at the port of Rotterdam. Stowaways are held in an area
reserved for illegal aliens before being returned to their country of origin. Zeehavenpolitie
Europoort section vessels patrol the estuaries of the Haringvliet and Grevelingen, but are suitable for
assisting the Kustwache at sea.
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